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spear-head

Object type

Museum number

1903,0623.1

Description

Copper alloy socketed spearhead. Blade rapier-shaped, with bevelled edges. String type loop at base of, but separate from, blade. Decoration comprises of two pairs of conical gold studs on bottom part of blade; loops and blunt underside of blade are incised with v-shaped lines; pointillé outlining the junction of wings and midrib. Part of wooden shaft remains in socket.

Materials

Type series

Technique

Dimensions

Length: 446 millimetres

Width: 65 millimetres

Weight: 360 grammes

Curator's comments

Spearheads with rapier shaped blades are very rare, with only three found in Britain and seven in Ireland. This is one of only two Bronze Age bronze looped spearhead with gold decoration (see Davis 2012).